trying to channel
the Cupid spirit
she paints her nails red
the sound of white wings
flapping in the wind

Venus Aphrodite & Little Onion

Image: ‘Aphrodite’ by Briton Rivière RA (14 August 1840 in London – 20 April 1920 in London)

Briton Rivière was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He exhibited a variety of paintings at the Royal Academy, but devoted much of his life to animal paintings.